PBI » Topics » Directors Retirement Plan.

This excerpt taken from the PBI DEF 14A filed Apr 3, 2007.
Directors’ Retirement Plan. The company’s Directors’ Retirement Plan was discontinued, and the benefits previously earned by directors were frozen as of May 12, 1997. Under this plan, there is no benefit paid to a director who served for less than five years as of May 12, 1997. A director who had met the five-year minimum vesting requirement as of May 12, 1997 will receive an annual retirement benefit calculated as 50 percent of the director’s retainer in effect as of May 12, 1997, and a director with more than five years of service at retirement will receive an additional 10 percent of such retainer for each year of service over five, to a maximum of 100 percent of such retainer for ten or more years of service. The annual retainer fee in effect as of May 12, 1997, was $30,000. The annual retirement benefit is paid for life.

This excerpt taken from the PBI 10-K filed Aug 14, 2006.
Directors’ Retirement Plan. The company’s Directors’ Retirement Plan was discontinued, and the benefits previously earned by directors were frozen as of May 12, 1997. Under this plan, there is no benefit paid to a director who served for less than five years as of May 12, 1997. A director who had met the five-year minimum vesting requirement as of May 12, 1997 will receive an annual retirement benefit calculated as 50 percent of the director’s retainer in effect as of May 12, 1997, and a director with more than five years of service at retirement will receive an additional 10 percent of such retainer for each year of service over five, to a maximum of 100 percent of such retainer for ten or more years of service. The annual retainer fee in effect as of May 12, 1997, was $30,000. The annual retirement benefit is paid for life.

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The chart below reflects total compensation paid to each non-employee director, including the value of the restricted stock grant, for 2005.

   
2005 Compensation of Non-Employee Directors
           
                 
   
Annual 
Board 
Chair and 
Restricted 
   
Board 
Meeting 
Committee 
Stock 
Director   
Retainer 
Fees 
Meeting Fees 
Award Value(1) 
Total 



     

     

     

     

Ms. Alvarado*    $
45,000 
  $
10,500 
  $
19,500 
  $
63,056 
  $
138,056 
Mr. Campbell*    $
45,000 
  $
10,500 
  $
27,000 
  $
63,056 
  $
145,556 
Ms. Fuchs**    $
15,000 
  $
  4,500 
  $
  6,000 
  $
41,708 
  $
  67,208 
Mr. Green*    $
45,000 
  $
10,500 
  $
22,500 
  $
63,056 
  $
141,056 
Mr. Keyes*    $
45,000 
  $
10,500 
  $
28,500 
  $
63,056 
  $
147,056 
Mr. McFarlane*    $
45,000 
  $
10,500 
  $
22,500 
  $
63,056 
  $
141,056 
Mr. Menascé    $
45,000 
  $
10,500 
  $
16,500 
  $
63,056 
  $
135,056 
Mr. Roth*    $
45,000 
  $
  7,500 
  $
36,000 
  $
63,056 
  $
151,556 
Mr. Shedlarz*    $
45,000 
  $
10,500 
  $
25,000 
  $
63,056 
  $
143,556 
Mr. Weissman    $
45,000 
  $
10,500 
  $
21,000 
  $
63,056 
  $
139,556 

*Committee Chair (receives additional $1,500 fee per meeting chaired; Audit Chair receives additional $2,000 per meeting chaired)
**Compensation paid to Ms. Fuchs reflects service since she joined the board in September 2005.

(1)Represents the fair market value of 1,400 shares of Restricted Stock as of May 9, 2005, except that the fair market value of Ms. Fuchs’ grant of 963 shares of Restricted Stock is as of September 1, 2005.

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